"Trust Us" Is Getting Old

by Barbara O'Brien – guest blogger for Super Natural Mom

When British Petroleum (BP) applied for a permit to build the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico and begin drilling, it claimed to have the technology and know-how to handle any oil spill.

But in the face of an actual spill, BP is much less confident. "This scares everybody: the fact that we can't make this well stop flowing, the fact that we haven't succeeded so far," BP CEO Doug Suttles said. "Many of the things we're...